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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.

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Big Oil Hits Cash Gusher While Consumers Take Hit

Expert BlogUnited StatesJosh Axelrod, Sujatha Bergen
Six of the biggest oil companies with operations in the U.S. raked in nearly $50 billion dollars in just three months, according to a new set of earnings reports.

A Place for Fossils, Not Fuels

Expert BlogUnited StatesAmy Mall, Alison Kelly, Sujatha Bergen

The Biden administration made news this week when it announced it will consider protecting a portion of the Greater Chaco Region in New Mexico from new oil and gas drilling.

When “Home” Is Hazard

Expert BlogUnited StatesSujatha Bergen

More than a dozen fossil fuel subsidies in the U.S. tax code encourage companies to extract oil, gas, and coal. Often lost in the debate over esoteric tax policy is the real-world impacts of this industry on the ground.

Progressive Caucus Presses for End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Expert BlogUnited StatesSujatha Bergen, Anne Hawke

As Congress drafts reconciliation legislation, leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) pressed leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives for an end to major fossil fuel subsidies that fuel pollution in communities across the country.

Congress: Stop Subsidizing Fossil Fuel Pollution

Expert BlogUnited StatesSujatha Bergen, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz

As Congress works on a much-needed clean energy package, it is a no-brainer to eliminate antiquated and costly subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. 

Members of Congress Press for End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Expert BlogUnited StatesSujatha Bergen

In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer today, 53 members of Congress called for an end to more than $120 billion in tax handouts to the fossil fuel industry.

Environmental CEOs Call for End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Expert BlogUnited StatesSujatha Bergen, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz

The drumbeat to end subsidies to the fossil fuel industry continued today as the CEOs of eighteen national environmental organizations, including NRDC, called for adoption of President Biden’s plan to cut $121 billion in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry.

Biden Budget Is Chance to Stop Paying Fossil Fuel Industry

Expert BlogUnited StatesSujatha Bergen, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz

President Biden is set to release his first detailed budget proposal. This blueprint for government spending is an enormous opportunity to eliminate handouts to the fossil fuel industry through the new American Jobs Plan and Executive Order on Tackling the…

The Days of Fossil Fuel Freebies Are Over

Expert BlogUnited StatesSusan Casey-Lefkowitz, Sujatha Bergen
To rapidly transition to a clean energy economy, we need to take back trillions in government subsidies and other giveaways that boost the oil, gas, and coal industries.

Fossil Fuel Subsidies in 2021? Give Taxpayers a Break.

Expert BlogUnited StatesSusan Casey-Lefkowitz, Sujatha Bergen
President Biden’s sweeping new economic recovery plan aims to revive a beleaguered economy from a devastating pandemic, help advance racial equity and stand up to the widening climate crisis. A critical piece of this plan is a commitment to eliminate…